Torrington >> After Monday night's special joint meeting between the Parks and Recreation Commission and the Coe Memorial Park Committee, Phase II of the park renovation project is underway.

Both groups voted to approve awarding the bid for the second portion of the project to Millennium Builders of Rocky Hill.

Millennium's base bid amounted to $399,700, which Brett Simmons, superintendent of Parks and Recreation, said fits nicely into what they had projected for the job.

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The highest bid for the project was $647,900, said Simmons.

"We have enough funds to cover the project," said Simmons. "(The bid) doesn't run us completely dry."

Millennium will work with a number of subcontractors to complete the project including Greenstone LLC and R & C Electric LLC. Many of the companies have worked together before, said Simmons.

Simmons told the commission that the department did an extensive review of Millennium and all of the subcontractors, which included speaking to three or four contacts for each company. Simmons said they received good feeback for all of the companies.

"We wanted a company with experience with pavers," said Simmons. He said he thinks they found what they were looking for in Millennium.

"You're seeing the results of lots of work and research," said Commissioner Patricia Fairchild.

The commission unanimously voted to accept the bid and award it to Millennium Builders, and the Coe Memorial Park Committee did not vote because they did not have a quorum.

"So we have the start," said Fairchild. "There are lots of people overseeing this, so that's good."

Both the commission and the committee were excited to see Phase II moving along.

The commission will now take the plan to City Council for approval.

Reach Kate Hartman at 860-489-3121, ext. 343.

Editor's note: This article has been modified. It was originally reported that both commission and committee voted unanimously.